Auguste and Evan discuss a viral essay from Dudley Newright that explains how Reddit has made everything in our society lame. From starting as an online forum for dorky introverts to find one another, the platform and its moderators have come to dominate the thinking and sentiments of society, particularly with millennials. While Dudley argues that Reddit was the origin of so much of what’s wrong with the world, The Everyman cohosts wonder if it’s more a reflection of what was already being taught in schools and reinforced by mainstream media. As the conversation progresses, the two consider the extent of Redditism and if the phenomenon can be seen in other parts of the internet. Finally, Auguste and Evan consider how this all ends. Will we all become pathetic Redditor-types eating the bugs or will we come out of this spell and finally reconnect with reality?
Articles cited in this episode:
“The Four Commandments of Reddit” by Dudley Newright